Dear !*TITLE*! !*LASTNAME*!,
Hope you have survived the heat wave....
This bulletin is mainly as a reminder of the luncheon meeting with our Foreign Minister, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva coming Tuesday. Please read more about it below.
Please note that the luncheon starts at 13:00!

Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva

Tuesday 28 August - FCCJ Luncheon Meeting

At our first luncheon meeting in after the summer break, held on Tuesday 28 August, we will have a distinguished guest speaker, the Foreign Minister of Finland, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva. Minister Kanerva is in Japan for the Athletics World Championships held in Osaka (Aug 25 - Sep 2) as a Council Member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Minister Kanerva will speak about current challenges facing the Finnish society.
He will have discussions at the Foreign Ministry and meet also some leading Japanese parliamentarians.
Minister Kanerva will speak about current challenges facing the Finnish society.
Note that we start the luncheon this time at 13:00.
Details:

JMEC is a program designed to foster the development of foreign business in Japan while strengthening the skills of young business executives through a business plan competition. The program brings together highly-motivated participants willing to challenge themselves with companies who want to enter or expand into the Japanese market. JMEC 14, the next program year, is scheduled to begin in November of 2007, with participant applications due on October 26th. (Project Client applications are due on November 23.)
Information sessions are scheduled for:

Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 - 9:00pm

Thursday, September 27, 7:30 - 9:00pm

Tuesday, October 16, 7:30 - 9:00pm
All sessions will take place at Temple University, Mita Hall, Room 503. Anybody can attend, but
registration is required. Registrations can be made at http://www.jmec.gr.jp/brochure/index.html.
While information sessions are primarily designed for interested participants, potential project clients
(companies) are welcome to attend. Interested companies may also contact info@jmec.gr.jp
for more information about the JMEC program.
For more about JMEC. click link at right.

Nokia's Q2 mobile phone market share up at 37 pct
Finnish mobile telecommunications giant Nokia shifted some 100 million mobile phones in the second quarter, yielding a global market share of just under 37 per cent, up from about 34 per cent in the year-ago period, market research company Gartner said Thursday.
US rival Motorola trailed the market leader with 14.6 per cent, down from 21.9 per cent in April-June last year.
South Korea's Samsung held 13.4 per cent and was followed by Sony Ericsson with nine per cent and LG with 6.8 per cent of the market.

Great eyesight
An Englishman went to Spain on a fishing trip. He hired a Spanish guide to help him find the best fishing spots. Since the Englishman was learning Spanish, he asked the guide to speak to him in Spanish and to correct any mistakes of usage. They were hiking on a mountain trail when a very large, purple and blue fly crossed their path. The Englishmen pointed at the insect with his fishing rod, and said, "Mira el mosca!" The guide, sensing a teaching opportunity, replied, "No, senor, 'la mosca'... es feminina."
The Englishman looked at him, then back at the fly, and then said, "Good heavens... you must have incredibly good eyesight."

Look forward to see many of you at the luncheon on Tuesday and
Best regards
Clas G. Bystedt

ABOUT THIS BULLETINThis bulletin is
published by the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Japan (FCCJ) and
distributed to over 600 recipients among its members and related
organizations. FCCJ was established in April 1999 to promote trade and
economic exchange between Japan and Finland and has today 64 corporate
members, 16 individual and one special member.